Wanz

Matthijs Wansink

(b. 1968, The Netherlands)

Matthijs Wansink is a Harlem-based Dutch illustrator and comic artist who works under the name Wanz. He graduated from the Maastricht Art Academy and started out making underground comix. He got his own spot in newspaper AD in 1997 called 'Ventje'. This was followed by 'Jos' for Autoweek and 'Barry en Bep' for Fiets Magazine, both published by Sanoma Media.

He makes comics, cartoons and illustrations for several magazines, papers and books and is also specialized in designing websites, infotgraphics, housestyles, logos and Powerpoint presentations for UWV. In 2010 he illustrated his first children's book, 'Guus leert vliegen'. He runs a webdesign company called Oncemedia together with his brother.